Owner Comments:
CYPRUS QUEEN VICTORIA 1/4 PIASTRE 1884.
OBVERSE: Young head of Victoria wearing a coronet ornamented with oak and scrolls.
REVERSE: 1/4 within a beaded circle.
ENGRAVER: Leonard Charles Wyon.
DIAMETER: 21.8 mm
WEIGHT: 2.91 g
EDGE: Milled.
METAL COMPOSITION: Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1%.
MINTAGE: 72,000
RARITY: One of the rarest 1/4 piastres of the collection in nice grades.
1884 1/4 PIASTRE MS 61 BN
Nice coin with reasonable strike, clear surfaces and sweet brown colour.
NGC: Pop 2 with two grading higher.